Stoppage-time thrills might not be what they used to be with some games ticking on for another quarter of an hour but don’t tell anyone at Tottenham.
They were trailing to Sheffield United with 98 minutes on the clock, turned it around and ran out winners, claiming the Premier League’s latest comeback and their best start to a top-flight season since 1965.
Little wonder they produced wild scenes of celebration at the end. Players linked hands to take the applause from the home end and Ange Postecoglou, now unbeaten across 50 home league games from Yokohama to North London via Glasgow, lingered to salute his new adoring congregation.